Talk:Chris Colton

Notability for Chris Colton

(copied from my talk page to here AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:15, 22 January 2020 (UTC))

Hello AngusWOOF. Thank you for you quick feedback and your request for me to reformat the draft article with refence to the WP:NACADEMIC criteria. As a novice Wikipedia contributor your expert help is really helpful. I have made every effort to be independent and transparent but I can see that I should remove the bullet points without citations in order to address your comment about it reading too much like a resume profile.

In terms of the criteria for Academics, here is the evidence:

1. The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.

2. The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.

3. The person has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) 1963 and Member of RCS Council 1995-97
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) 1979

4. The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions.

• Visiting Professorships to the Universities of Cairo, Gothenburg, Isfahan, Kentucky, Kuala Lumpur, London, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Florida, Shiraz, Singapore, Texas and Wellington.

5. The person has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research, or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon.

• Professor Emeritus in Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery at Nottingham University

6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.

• President of the British Orthopaedic Association in 1995
• President of the AO Foundation 1996-98

7. The person has had a substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity.

• Member of British Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety 1993-95
• British delegate to European Federation of Orthopaedic and Trauma Associations 1995-98
• Founder Member of International Board for Research into Air Crash Events (IBRACE) 2016

8. The person has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area.

• Review Editor of International Journal of Accident Surgery (Injury) 2001-2005
• Deputy Editor of Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 1990-1998
• Editor-in-Chief AO Dialogue 1998-2002 https://issuu.com/aofoundation/stacks/c8085155b5694a298857c6e498722a64
• Executive Editor of AO Surgery Reference https://www2.aofoundation.org/wps/portal/surgery

I appreciate that the Significant Coverage definition for Notability is fairly subjective, so I have made direct comparisons with two of his professional peers for whom there are existing Wikipedia articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Wallace and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_P._F._Hughes As you may not be familiar with the field of surgery, I expect that these precedents will be useful for reassessing the approval of Chris Colton's article. Hopefully I have responded to all of your feedback points and I will reformat the article accordingly and resubmit it for your consideration. Thank you. Douglal (talk) 23:53, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

It’s not my area of expertise, but I think, when cited, these will meet the need. KJP1 (talk) 18:43, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Cites

Needs way more cites. Many of the sections/para.s are uncited. KJP1 (talk) 18:42, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you KJP1. I have added multiple citations from reliable sources (where you marked that they were needed) and also removed a couple of statements without suitable citations. Appreciate your feedback and time Douglal (talk) 22:32, 23 April 2020 (UTC)